Chess Masters

Unified Vietnam, Chess Masters, January 20th, 1994, Michel Nr. 2571-2576, Block 105; Five stamps in nominals of 400D, 1,000D, 2,000D, 4,000D and 10,000D were issued in perforation 13 and imperforate. There was also a souvenir-sheet with a 10,000D nominal that was produced in perforation 13.75:13.5 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here the mint imperforate set in vertical pairs

Single franking of the 400D value on a domestic air mail letter sent in March of 1996 from Chon Tam to HCM City .

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Chess Masters set plus stamps from the Stamp World LONDON 90 (imperforate), Ships (imperforate) and Olympic Winter Games 92 sets for an overall postage of 23,800D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Chess Masters set plus stamps from the Stamp World LONDON 90 (imperforate) set for an overall postage of 18,500D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Chess Masters souvenir-sheets plus stamps from the Medical Plant and Rare Mammal (imperforate souvenir-sheet) sets for an overall postage of 23,800D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Party Decision stamp in tête-bêche fashion plus stamps from the 1995 Remembrances, Chess (stamp from souvenir-sheet), Ending of WW 2 and Parachutists for an overall postage of 26,600D. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the carries a pair of the Huynh Thuc with an attached empty field in stamp size plus stamps from the Parachutists, Day the Stamp, Chess (stamp from the souvenir-sheet), Orchids, Fallen Solider and Olympic Summer Games II sets for an overall postage of 29,000D. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Orange German Post electronic codes on front.